Table 1 Hospital Characteristics and Patient volume
Regional Hospitals | Overall N = 2891 | Mwananyamala N = 764 | Coastal N = 555 | Tanga N = 211 | Arusha N = 950 | Morogoro N = 411 |
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Hospital characteristics | ||||||
Patient volume | ||||||
 Total patients in EU | 31,013 | 7678 | 5656 | 4345 | 8767 | 4567 |
 Trauma cases: n (%) | 2891 (9.3) | 764 (10.0) | 555 (9.8) | 211 (4.9) | 950 (10.8) | 411 (9.0) |
 Gender: Male (%) | 2891 (70.7) | 764 (74.3) | 555 (78.6) | 211 (86.7) | 950 (63.7) | 441 (57.4) |
Infrastructure | Median (Range) | n | n | n | n | n |
 Total hospital beds | 440 (295–500) | 295 | 210 | 440 | 500 | 450 |
 Emergency Unit beds | 4 (2–10) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
 Operating theatre | 2 (2–3) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
 Intensive care beds | 1 (0–4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 X-Ray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 CT Scan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ultrasound | 1 (1–3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Staffing resources | ||||||
 Clinicians (N = 47) | n (%) | n | n | n | n | n |
 Trauma Surgeon | 9 (19.1) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 General Surgeon | 9 (19.1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
 Medical Doctors | 22 (46.8) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
 Assistant Medical Officer | 7 (14.9) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Nursesa (N = 69) | n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Registered Nurses | 25 (36.2) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
 Enrolled Nurses | 17 (24.6) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
 Health Attendants | 27 (39.1) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
 Emergency Unit coverage | Median (Range) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Clinician per day shift | 2 (2–4) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
 Clinician per night shift | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 Nurses per day | 4 (2–7) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
 Nurses per shift | 2 (1–4) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |